
April 29th 2012, marks the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, sparked after the acquittal of four Los Angeles policemen in the beating of black motorist Rodney King, which was famously captured on video. by an on-looker. An angry mob, rioting and raged by the acquittal, dragged white truck driver Reginald Denny from his can and beat him unconscious while news helicopters hovered overhead. What then started was six days of fires and looting throughout the city that led to 53 deaths and an estimated $1 billion dollars in property damage. On March 3rd, 1991, King was driving drunk at high speeds on a Los Angeles freeway when he was pulled over by Los Angeles Police Department officers. He was repeatedly beaten and kicked by four officers. On May 1st, 1992, two days after the officers' acquittal and the start of the riots, King, took to the airwaves, making a plea to media and the people of Los Angeles to end the violence with the simple- and now famous request, "can we all get along?"The LA riots ended on May 4th 1992
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